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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Cycle of Violence"”.
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The Role of Cortisol In The Cycle of Violence
… are universal risk factors for delinquency, violence and aggression; this phenomenon is known as the cycle of violence. Despite a wide body of research demonstrating this phenomenon, the processes which mediate this relationship remain largely unknown. One potentially relevant result of abuse …
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The neural correlates of intimate partner violence in women
… other brain structures to the neurotoxic effects of alcohol. It is reported that patients with chronic alcoholism have decreased brain weights and volumes. The hippocampal volume reductions in patients with chronic alcoholism have been found to be proportional to the reduction in total brain …
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THE BRONX COCKED BACK AND SMOKING MULTIFARIOUS PROSE PERFORMANCE
… Cocked Back And Smoking</em> is a collection of multifarious prose performances recounting the historical, personal, social, political and cultural constructs of a city birthed by violence. This body of work is accompanied by video, audio, photography, and theatre performance texts. St. Mary’s …
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Juvenile Prostitution: An Exploration in Gendered Theory
<p>The purpose of this study is to investigate the ways in which juvenile females enter into prostitution. This theoretical analysis will assess support for existing explanations of delinquency and prostitution of female juveniles using secondary data sources. This secondary data source is pulled …
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The interplay between historical trauma, substance use disorders, appetitive aggression and the link with violent crime among young male adults in conflict with the law in South Africa
… and its links to violent crime among a cohort of 159 young male adults (aged 25 to 34) incarcerated at George Correctional Centre in the Garden Route District in the Western Cape Province. The context of why there are high rates of violent crime in South Africa relates to various correlates, …
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Gun Violence: A Public Health Crisis The Role Physicians can Play in Keeping Communities Safe
Gun violence is a public health crisis in the United States. Research shows that violence functions similarly to a communicable disease. An exposure such as someone witnessing violence or being a victim of violence is a major risk factor to the exposed person becoming a perpetrator of violence …
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PSYCHOSOCIAL RISK FACTORS FOR CYCLICAL URBAN VIOLENCE
Violence is a pervasive public health issue that disproportionately affects certain populations, particularly young black males in urban settings. Though this population experiences higher rates of violent victimization and perpetration, race should not be analyzed as an isolated variable. The …
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ENDOCRINE-MEDIATED ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTS ON PERSONALITY AND STRESS IN NAZCA BOOBIES
… pelagic seabirds that have been the subject of recent behavioral and endocrine research due to two aspects of their life-history: obligate siblicide, and maltreatment of nestlings by unrelated non-breeding adults. The frequency of maltreatment as a nestling predicts future adult maltreatment …
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Re-evaluating Peacebuilding in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A case study in Dongo
… Peacebuilding in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A case study in Dongo<br /></strong></p> <p>The Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo) is a country rich with natural resources centered in the heart of Africa. Since the colonial era, the country has seen more bloodshed than peace and …
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The Portrayal of zorn in Hartmann von Aue’s Arthurian Romances and in Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival
This thesis examines the portrayal of zorn in Hartmann von Aue’s Erec and Iwein, and in Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival. The opening chapter provides an insight into the meaning of zorn and examines the physical signs, symptoms, and symbols of anger, as well as its theological, moral, and social …
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Nora's Transformative Journey: From A Doll's House and The Little Mermaid to The Way Home
… performance The Way Home. For decades, domestic violence researchers analyzed abused women coping with abuse based on their psyche, which portrayed them as having certain needs that abuse fulfils. The assumption that there is something about abused women that makes them want to be abused …
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The relationship between childhood exposure to domestic violence and perpetration in adulthood : a scoping review
… between childhood exposure to domestic violence (DV) and the perpetration of such violence in adulthood. Drawing on a scoping review of existing literature, this study aims to deepen our understanding of the long-term effects of childhood exposure to DV in males from the perspective of …
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Vers une nouvelle colonisation : le roman du dictateur francophone subsaharien et caribéen
This study proposes to examine the representation of neo-colonialist governments in black Francophone novels. The dissertation examines the modes and means by which several post-independences writers depict, portray, represent and, to some extent, codify within their texts the tactics of …
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The Female Adolescent Incest Victim : Personality, Self-Esteem, and Family Orientation
… understand and help the female adolescent victim of intrafamilial sexual abuse. The purpose of the study was to identify her personality profile, gain information about her self-esteem, and discover her view of self within her family.</p> <p>Method. The High School Personality Questionnaire, the …
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Rabid and Other Stories
Rabid and Other Stories is a collection of short prose set in small-town Missouri exploring wealth inequality, family relationships, and toxic masculinity through the lens of rural America. The characters in these thirteen stories navigate a patriarchal society, personal trauma, and economic …
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How does the analysis of structural violence help to explain the persistence of the Israel-Palestine conflict? A case study of the barrier
The Israel-Palestine conflict constitutes one of the longest standing conflicts in modern times. Its continuation has often been attributed to the very nature of the conflict: two peoples pursuing an incompatible goal-ownership of the same piece of land. Violence has constituted a characteristic …
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Transforming destructive ethnic violence: an exploration of the role of forgiveness in political reconciliation in Burundi
Violence, ethnic violence, in particular, dehumanizes its victims and perpetrators. It shatters selves and destroys relationships without which life is impossible. To restore the dignity of the survivors of ethnic violence, what was done to them must be acknowledged as evil and its perpetrators …
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Adverse childhood experiences and educational outcomes, problem drinking and the perpetration of violence
Violence in South Africa is very high by international standards. Many South African children experience adverse events, such as childhood maltreatment, that are a reflection of these high levels of violence. Due to a lack of data we know little about the extent, nature, causes and long-term …
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The intergenerational transmission of violence? : The self-report of physical abuse in childhood among violent and non-violent offenders
… study examined the parental disciplinary history of male offenders to explore the relationship between report of childhood physical abuse and subsequent violent offending, based on the concept of intergenerational transmission of violence. The study also examined the relationship between reports …
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State, Conflict and Political Economy of Oil in Nigeria
… thesis explores the nature, cause and dynamics of the conflict in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The region has become a hot spot for increased oil insurgency and well-organized criminal activity in the wake of the 1999 transition to democratic rule. The main contribution of this …
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